Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) and other state officials are appealing a judge’s ruling that temporarily blocked enforcement of an Iowa law requiring books to be removed from public school libraries if they contain a description of a sex act.
Penguin Random House LLC, several bestselling authors, the advocacy group Iowa Safe Schools, and a group of LGBTQ+ students filed two separate suits against state and local officials. The plaintiffs argued that the law infringes their rights to communicate and receive constitutionally protected information.
Late last December, Judge Stephen H. Locher of the US District Court for the Southern District ...
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